#CongratsOnTheBabyNiall: Wait, what’s happening on Twitter right now?

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One Direction's 'fandom' wanted Niall to be pregnant and apparently they got their way

The boy band's online "fandom" is tens of millions strong. It's made a name for itself all year for hijacking Twitter's trending section by making its own hashtags go viral. And we're not talking standard, predictable hashtags — Directioners are known for taking the weirdest, most esoteric things and tweeting the crap out of them.

And with the new year only a couple days old, they've already done it again. #CongratsOnTheBabyNiall started trending worldwide Friday and, by late Friday night, showed no signs of slowing down.

#NiallTakeASelfieWithTheo

What Directioners want, Directioners get — they've proven that time and time again, like when they wanted Niall to take a selfie with his new nephew, Theo. The hashtag went viral, and — you guessed it! — Niall took a selfie with his new nephew.

#Larryshippersonstrike

But seriously, most of their hashtags are pretty weird, like #Larryshippersonstrike, which was meant to organize groups who think Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles have a secret relationship — "Larryshippers" — and get them to unfollow One Direction's social media accounts to protest the stars' supposedly keeping their relationship under wraps.